secret societies there have decided upon a rising in February, that they have collected money and arms, and that they are greatly emboldened by the result of the recent insur-...

termed the overtaxation of the country in relation to its "taxable capacity" goes on merrily, and it is main- tained that what happened in 1817 in no way impairs the right of...

December 21st a letter from the deceased statesman, dated March 16th, 1895, was tendered in evidence. It shows that the victim was fully aware that he was doomed, a band of...

with accounts from the Philippines, which we believe to be authentic, and which confirm the views we have ex- pressed as to the situation in those islands. Even if the report...

A LL accounts from Constantinople agree in three state- ments. (1) The Sultan, after much hesitation to issue an absolute amnesty to the Armenian people, a hesitation defended...

ease.

by a vote described as practically unanimous, the following important Resolution :—" Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in...

put the case of those who contend that this country could have interfered single - handed on behalf of the Armenians in a very clear light. He believed, on informa- tion which...

the Government of the United States with a proposal for Free-trade or something like it with the Union, and of course the outcry is raised that that means a policy injurious to...

solving the problem created by the alleged over- taxation of Ireland. It is to greatly raise the Beer-duty, which is now only 2d. per gallon. In this way the English beer-...

of and its punishment, throws some white light upon the question of transportation to Siberia. He has made four visits to the convict settlements, and resided for twc- months...

Lord Salisbury on slavery in Zanzibar, which we trust will not be without effect. They point out how stale and worthless are "the statements which have been made in official...

question in the West Indies, placing Sir Henry Norman at its head. The other members are Sir David Barbour and Sir Edward Grey, and they are to examine and report upon the spot....

the scientific men of England in the Davy-Faraday Institute for physical and chemical research, fitted up with a very perfect laboratory, adjoining the Royal Institution, and...

of East Lydford and chaplain to the late Bishop of Bath and Wells, has sent to the papers and presented at the confirma- tion of Dr. Temple on Tuesday as Archbishop-Elect of...

lines which the Government may take in the new Employers' Liability Bill which they are bound to produce in the coming Session. In the first place, they may present Mr....

thus acting will exceed its powers. Mr. Olney, his Secre- tary of State, affirms publicly that the President will consider such a vote, even if passed by a two-thirds majority,...

in London which, if it turns out practical, may prevent the sinking of ships after collisions or contact with rocks. Air reservoirs made of water-tight tissue and in "...

Captain Mahan and its Washington correspondent in regard to the English Navy. Captain Mahan, who, by the way, has retired to write a Life of Nelson, thinks that there are two...

New Consols (2f) were on Wednesday, 1111.

AMERICAN IMPULSIVENESS. T HE first feeling of Englishmen at the action, or rather, to be accurate, at the proposed action, of Congress in Cuba is one of surprise so bewildering...

I F the question between Great Britain and Ireland were one as to how much could be got out of Ireland for the selfish purposes of the " predominant partner," like the question...

" C OUNCILS of War never fight," and the Ambassa- dors at Constantinople are sitting just now as a Council of War, with these especial disadvantages. They are all under severe...

M R. SAMBOURNE, in Punch, lately gave us a very spirited picture of the auction-room of Europe. The command of the sea was being put up for sale, and the nations were bidding...

1VI R. BRYCE concluded his speech at Aberdeen on Monday by saying that reaction never prevails here long, and that the tide of Liberalism must flow afresh and with more force...

to discuss a variety of schemes for commemorating the fact that the Queen has reigned longer than any previous English Sovereign. Next year that fact is to be officially noted...

A MONG the innumerable financial phenomena which have developed themselves contrary to expectation, during the course of the current year, none has deceived calculations more...

O NE of the proverbs in the Book of Proverbs says that " a merry heart doeth good like a medicine," and it might safely be said that it very often does a great deal more. We...

T HE usual announcement that " the Queen has gone to Osborne for Christmas" should have a certain interest for most English children, for there is reason to believe that it was...

W HAT is death P Most people think and act as if it were the easiest thing in the world to answer this simple question. They seem to imagine that there is a clear and stable...

T O few men has come such an opportunity as came to M. Felix Dubois, the first explorer of literary skill to' step the streets of Timbuctoo. Imbert, a French sailor captured by...

POLITICAL LUNACY. [To THY EDITOR Or TR% " SPECTAT0R."1 SIR,—You have raised an interesting question in your critc- cism of my use of the word " lunatics " in your kindly...

TOLERATION. [To EDITOR or TH1 "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—Thomas Carlyle, on returning from a short visit to Belgium, was giving me an account of his trip, and in describing the...

Of TRH "SPICTATOZ."] Sin, I suppose few people credit birds with much reasoning power. Yet the sheep farmers in the South of New Zealand have learnt, to their cost, that a bird...

A LONG FURROW IN —, IOWA. PLorGrt the furrow out, league-long many a mile; Let no dream of idle rest, no fancy thee beguile ! Plough the furrow out, weary though thou be !...

IT'S nateral to wish for land in them as 'asn't any ; It's nateral to think a pound is 'appier nor a penny ; It's nateral to try and get, and gettin' not to lose it, An' mighty...

MORE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY VIGNETTES.* Ma. AUSTIN DonsoN's work in the eighteenth century is a kind of mosaic background on which the conspicuous figures of the time move all the...

WHEN a collection of pictures is put together for publica- tion the reading matter is generally left to take care of itself. Indeed, it is almost a rule,—the better the...

AL-EfessAN IBC MOHAMMED AL-WES IS, generally known as Leo Africanus, was born in Granada about 1495, of respectable and wealthy parents, who migrated to Fez when he was a small...

THIS is a new edition of a book which deserves to be more famous than it is ; for with the exception of Gilchrist's Blake there is no Life of a painter to touch it in the...

bouring villages, where a hundred and fifty years ago the citizens made holiday under spreading trees, and escaped from the narrow, noisy streets into the quiet of the country....

DR. CONAN DOYLE'S stories are always welcome, if only for their manliness and hearty geniality. In Rodney Stone he has essayed to give us a picture of what he very justly calls...

Beighley Snowden. (Sampson Low and Co.)—This story by the very able author of "Tales of the Yorkshire Wolds " is one of the best "local" stories, not too heavily burdened with...

the final confession of Ninian Scrope, the squire of Wandales, is accepted by the readers of this book as it is by at least one of those to whom it is entrusted in the story, we...

Co.)— Mr. Burgin can produce a very agreeable story, and one full of genuinely good fun—when he is not striving too anxiously and assiduously to rival the Professors of the...

— One feels sorry to be unable to speak in terms of quite hearty praise of this book. For the author has evidently a not incon- siderable ambition, and meant to make a...

AU -Fellows. By Laurence Housman. (Began Paul, Trench, Trebner, and Co.)—In point of tone, which is as far removed as possible from the jollity that is generally associated...

a pleasant, mildly exciting, but obviously juvenile book. Gilbert Aubrey, the wicked and irreligious doctor of Monkton Friars, and Henry Purcell, the weak and easily led...

now that a few alterations have been made in certain details, is about as perfect and complete as anything of the kind can be. Here is a huge volume—it has increased by more...

Watson, and Viney.)—This "cyclopedic record of men and topics of the day" shows, we think, an improvement in this present issue, especially in the manifest purpose of the...

in a very elegant edition, with illustrations by Mr Edmund J. Sullivan. For the local pictures in Rugby, exteriors and interiors, and various scenes of school-life, we have...